Building blocks are less attractive to children than electric robots or video games. But developmental psychologist Rachel pointed out that parents and teachers must create opportunities and conditions for children to solve problems, building blocks is one of them.

Building blocks can train and improve a child's many abilities, such as motor skills and hand-eye coordination; spatial control; divergent thinking and creativity; social skills; language skills and so on.

In addition, there is also evidence that complex building block toys are strongly associated with later children's mathematical thinking.

Space skills

In an experimental study, researchers handed out building blocks and other disassembled toys to some preschool children. The children were trained by researchers, learned how to use the blocks, and encouraged to try to build them. Six weeks later, the children were tested and the children's building blocks were significantly improved and their ability to control the three-dimensional space was enhanced.

Mathematical skills

There is a strong connection between building blocks and math skills. This is the conclusion of a longitudinal research expert. He followed a child, from kindergarten to high school. The study found that children who played building blocks for four consecutive years and used different complex building methods had significantly higher math scores in high school than other children.

Divergent thinking and creative skills

Psychologists believe that there are two types of problems, one is a closed problem with only one solution, and the other is a divergent problem that can be solved in many ways.

Because children can build blocks in many ways, building blocks is also a divergent thinking game. And this divergent game will also encourage children to innovate, come up with better ways to build, thus training the children's innovative ability.

Social skills

Research shows that children play games together and become friendlier and more socialized. For example, children with autism can improve their social skills very quickly by building blocks together, much faster than children who are trained solely in social language.

Language skills

The famous puzzle game brand Mercedes-Paul once organized an experiment in which researchers handed out building blocks to children from middle and low-income families. These children range from one to a half to two and a half years, and they are divided into two groups.

The children in the first group were given a lot of big toys, and parents were asked to encourage their children to try and build them.

Another group of children did not receive toys until the end of the experiment, and their parents were not instructed to try to build.

Six months later, each parent was interviewed by the researchers. Questions included assessing the child's language proficiency. The results were as follows:

The vocabulary, grammatical use and situational comprehension of the first group were significantly improved, while the second group had no significant change.